Mount Van der Essen
| Mount Van der Essen | ||
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| height | 2525 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Belgica Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 31 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Van der Essen ( French Mont Van der Essen ) is a 2525 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises just south of Mount Gillet in the Belgica Mountains .
Participants in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919-2006) discovered him. It is named after Alfred Van der Essen (1914–2005), Ministerial Director in the Belgian Foreign Ministry and sponsor of the research trip.
Web links
- Mount Van der Essen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Van der Essen on geographic.org (English)